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Chapter 279 Minnesota Interested Team

The most noteworthy thing after the All-Star Game is the transaction made on the day of the trade deadline.

Many teams will choose to make final adjustments to the team's existing lineup on the day of the trade deadline, either to hit the playoffs or to hoard talents for high signings.

Therefore, on the trading deadline, there is a great possibility of blockbuster transactions.

At present, the most watched big fish in the trading market include Howard of the Lakers and Josh Smith of the Eagles.

The conflict between Howard and Kobe has reached the point of irreconcilability.It was exactly the same situation when the young Kobe and the adult Shark split.

According to insiders, the two were in the locker room, and no one paid attention to the other.

It can be said that Sima Zhao's heart is that Howard wants to leave the Lakers. The teams that have ideas for the playoffs are all waiting for the Lakers to put Warcraft on the trading table and make an offer.

As for the Eagle King Josh leaving the Eagles, it's no secret, as early as when playing against the Timberwolves, Josh revealed the idea of ​​leaving the team.

At that time, the management of the Eagles issued an instruction to the coaching staff that Josh's shooting power must be improved, and this was the only way to appease him.

But no one thought that Josh's idea of ​​leaving the Eagles never disappeared.

Whether it's Howard's quarrel with the Lakers, or Josh's plan to leave the team, it doesn't have much to do with the Timberwolves.

In fact, the Timberwolves have contacted the Lakers and made a tentative offer, with Ariza as the main body, supplemented by role players such as Page.

The Lakers naturally look down on such a price tag. You must know that they spent a lot of money to introduce Howard from the Magic.

The price they offered was that any member of the trident could be matched with other balancing chips at will.

Not only did the Wolves not want to dismantle the Trident, they even planned to prostitute the first center for nothing, so the talks between the two teams fell apart.

Howard can't be obtained, but a qualified center has to be found. Love can't always play center, and the latter has complained more than once that he wants to return to the position of power forward.

Love does not play center, which means that the Timberwolves only have McGee as a serious center. Once injured, it will be a heavy blow to the Timberwolves.

You can't come to Warcraft for nothing, but the game has to continue.

On the second day after the end of the All-Star weekend, the Wolves played against the Philadelphia Digital Man.

In this game, the trident felt explosive, and they scored 60 points after the first half, ending the game and entering garbage time.

In the end, they beat Digiman 118:90 and ushered in 9 consecutive victories, with a total record of 43 wins and 8 losses.

The day before the trade deadline, the Timberwolves came to the first stop of their six-game streak to challenge the Oklahoma City Thunder.

This game is of great significance. First, the Thunder are currently second in the Western Conference. If they want to rise to the first in the Western Conference, they must find a way to beat the Timberwolves.

Secondly, this is a duel between Durant and Li Yu. Of course, the so-called duel is just Durant's wishful thinking. He feels that Li Yu has robbed his goddess - Scarlett.

Before the game, in an interview with reporters, a reporter asked Durant how he viewed the game against the Timberwolves. He said that he would leave indelible memories for Minnesota.

In fact, the fans of the Wolves were really impressed by this game, and I am afraid they will talk about it for several days, because the Thunder were slaughtered by 36 points by the Timberwolves, who won 10 consecutive victories.

In this game, Li Yu scored 48 points, 12 assists and 5 rebounds.

Durant also scored 40+, but his good brother Aguitie was outrageous and only scored 11 points.

Defeating the Thunder team led by Shuang Shao, the Timberwolves' record became 44 wins and 8 losses.

The game against the Thunder is over, and the next day is the trade deadline. Minnesota's interested team got nothing in this last madness.

Kahn, the general manager of the Wolves, sat in the office and sulked. He felt that he was sincerely negotiating a deal with others, but the team where the player he liked was talking about the idea of ​​playing the Trident.

Not to mention that Kahn has no right to decide whether the Trident will stay or not. Even if he controls the team's trading rights, he will not make a trade. The Trident is too important to the Wolves.

The team's planning for the next few years is all about building a lineup around the Trident.In order to maintain the integrity of the Trident, the Wolves tried to contact Li Yu's agent to discuss an early contract renewal.

Schwartz informed Li Yu of this matter, and the two rejected the Wolves after an agreement.

Therefore, the management of the Wolves is a little flustered. They feel that the team cannot go further in the playoffs this season, or that the Wolves have no chance of winning the championship before the child labor contract of the big devil ends. Then the latter is very likely to leave and test the waters. free market.

After all, the Minnesota Timberwolves are only a small ball market, and there is no golden beach, which is not attractive to players.And the giant Los Angeles Lakers have openly recruited the Big Devil more than once, which puts a lot of pressure on the Wolves' uniform team.

The failure to find a strong puzzle on the trade deadline means that the Wolves will use this lineup to finish the rest of the regular season.

In fact, after the trade deadline, some players will be bought out as the schedule progresses, but generally speaking, high-quality puzzles are extremely rare, and it is difficult for the Wolves to find suitable center players.

It is not an isolated case that the Timberwolves have gained nothing in the trading market. Championship teams such as the Spurs, Heat, and Thunder have not gained much.

Because in the trading market, the two largest fish have not left their original waters.

Howard, who was very unhappy with the Lakers, did not leave Los Angeles in the end, but Warcraft's agent signaled that Warcraft is likely to find a new owner this summer.

As for Josh, there was a lot of thunder and little rain. He chose to play the rest of the game with the Eagles and wait until the off-season to make a decision.

These two big fish stayed with the original team, causing the starlight in the trading market to dim. The team that was going to take a gamble silently withdrew their chips for Stud, and waited until the off-season to enter the gambling table.

The turmoil in the trading market gradually subsided, and the team's management, players, and fans focused on the second half of the season.

Teams aiming to hit the playoffs, if they can seize this last chance, may still enter the playoffs.

Teams eager to make a difference in the playoffs are thinking about how to play the remaining games. Those games must be won, and those games can be let go. This is a technical job.

These calculations have nothing to do with the Wolves. They are now ranked first in the league, and entering the playoffs is a sure thing.

And they didn't plan to pick opponents, no matter who they played against in the playoffs, they just did it.

After a short break, the Timberwolves went to Golden State to challenge the Warriors. Because of Curry's injury, the latter traded for Rubio in the middle of the season and formed the Lutang combination, which has a certain right to speak in the lower half of the West.

The Warriors are currently ranked tenth in the Western Conference, 1.5 games away from the eighth Mosaic in the Western Conference, which is a close call.

The Lu Tang combination is quite powerful. Before the All-Star Game, they won three consecutive victories. After the All-Star Game, they beat the Cavaliers again, and they are getting closer and closer to the mosaic chrysanthemum.

(End of this chapter)